From curse To blessing?: using natural resources to fuel sustainable development / ed.by Irakli Khodeli

1.Resolving conflicts of interest in state-owned enterprises / Jenik Radon and Julius Thaler --
2.The devil's excrement as social cement: natural resources and political terror, 1980-2002 / Indra de Soysa and Helga Malmin Binningsbø --
3.Natural resource rent-cycling outcomes in Botswana, Indonesia and Venezuela / Richard M. Auty --
4.Governance strategies to remedy the natural resource curse / Joseph Siegle --
5.Budget transparency and development in resource-dependent countries / Paolo de Renzio, Pamela Gomez and James Sheppard --
6.Before the peak: impacts of oil shortages on the developing world / Ben W. Ebenhack and Daniel M. Martínez --
7.A view from the field. Social and economic implications of oil policy development in Nigeria / Alexis Rwabizambuga --
8.The public oversight of oil projects in Azerbaijan, 2004-2007 / Farda Asadov --
9.Energy relations in Russia: administration, politics and security / Andrey Makarychev --
10.Doing business with integrity: the experience of AngloGold Ashanti in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Paul Kapelus, Ralph 11.Hamann and Edward O'Keefe --
12.A view from the industry. The International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association social responsibility working group and human rights / Jenny Owens and Richard Dykes.

"The seven studies in this book address the interlinkages with human security of such major issues as the human rights and human security nexus, gender aspects of human security, ethical and environmental challenges, human security as a basic element for a policy framework, the human security agenda developed by the Human Security Network, and debates on human security within the United Nations. Building on its variety of themes, the book takes account of the complexity and scope of the concept of human security, and proposes thereby to refresh and enrich discussion." "Rethinking Human Security is addressed both to newcomers and to experts in the field of human security. It is designed to help them to find inspiration in the new developments of a concept that aims to shape practical action to meet the needs of the most vulnerable."